Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
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THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.

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THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.
The Columbia correspondent of the Nevs
and Courier furnishes the following con-
densation of the forthcoming report of the
State Superintendent of Education:
The number of school districts in the
State for the scholastic year 1851 was
56S. Orangeburg county had the largest
number, "A, and Charleston the smallest, 5.
The number of public schools for the year
was 3,76O, an increase of 100 over the pre-
ceding year. Edgefeld county has the
largest number of schools, 2OS. There was
an increase in the number OF schools IN
twenty counties, a decrease in nine, ana
four showed no change.
The following tables show the number
of pupils enrolled during the scholastic
wears 1866 and 1861, respectively:
isS5-86. White. Colored. Total.
Male.w.... 44,63l 4S,Ga3 92,7Z4
Female, ...... 1912 5l,45O 9l'z4z
Total,...... s4,42s 99,543 1895
1861. White. Colored. Total:
Male.m... 43, sos 1926 SS.934
Femaie,.... ss,sOs 47,l75 s6,oss
Total % 4l6 2,6O1 r75,ol7
The decrease since the last enrolment
was, therefore, 8,949.
Greenville county had for the scholastic
year 18S6-S7 the largest enrolment, lO,23S,
and Hampton county the smallest, 1908:
The superintendent of education states that
he has reason to believe that the decrease
has been only apparent. For the year
1855 Berkeley county reported an en-
rolment of IA, 1853, while for the year iSo6-SI
- --..l-.1- so>o~faI yroc nnly < ESk IT.
is evident that in calculating the enrolment
for 1856 the school commissioner added
together the enrolments for the several
months during which the schools were in
session and reported the sum as the total
enrolment for the year. In. no other way
can the extraordinary falling off be &C
counted for. Assuming this error to be
corrected and the enrolment for Berkeley
county to have the same in 1885 as IN
1861, it will be seen that the total enrol
ment for the State in 1S86-S7 exceeded that
for 1866 by 1868. It should also be borne
in mind, says Superintendent Rice, that
the schools in Georgetown county were
during the last school year closed by Act
of the General Assembly.
The average attendance of pupils for n
two yearsafford the following comparison:
White. Colored. Total.
1ss5-s6... ....... 5s,9o4 1922 126' 6s6
lSs6-s7 59,s2 65,6T l25,53l
Decrease in lss7-S9, !, 165.
The teachers employed in 1861 num-
bered:
Males. Females. Total;
White, ......."..... 1,1S9 1884 2'9S9
Colored 1,O3s 423 l'46l
Total,. 2,227 1,7e7 1894
This is an increase of 159 over the pre-
ceding year. There were l,S72 hrst grade,
94S second grade, and LIZA third grade
teachers. York county had the largest
number of teachers, 223, and Chesterfield
the smallest, 63.
The average salary paid to male teachers
was $28.O7, and to female teachers S25.l9.
Charleston county paid the highest average
salaries to both male and female ~teacners,
S97, 80 a month to the former, and S65.92 to
the latter. Abbeville county paid the
smallest average salary to male teachers,
S16.48 a month, and Oconee the smallest to
female teachers, $17.02 a month.
The salaries of all the teachers IN the
public schools aggregate 1858, 5S5.OS during
the year.
The average length of the school session
was three and six-tenths months, an In
crease of one-tenth month over the preced-
ing year.. The longest session was in
Charleston county, seven and seven-tenths
months, and the shortest in Horny, two
months.
The public schools of the cities OF Charles
ton, Columbia, Greenville and Spartan
burg, and of several towns and county dis
tricts, were in session for from eight to ten
months. In all of them the general fund
was supplemented by local taxes or private
subscriptions.
The revenue of the schools for the year
1867 cannot be accurately stated, because
of the collection of taxes n year late.
The figures for 1885, now first published,
show that the evenu was 1888 ,253.5O, OF
which $453, 352.O9 was collected during the
year, and 1874, 4O1. Al was a balance from
previous years. Of the amount available,
s424,4 2 40 was expended during he year,
leaving q balance in various county treas
uries of S113, 1927. 10 to be carried to the &C.
count of the year 1861.
The reports as to school-houses are very.
incomplete and afford nj reliable data OF
progress.
The Peabody fund had a balance on hand
from the preceding year of SS32.92, to
which was added cash from the general
agent to the amount of 50, 900, making the
total receipts $40, 1872. 92. There was a bal
ance on hand October 81, 1887, of S523.97.